New clues in Michael Brown shooting? — (CNN) — Could a newly released audio provide more clues on what led up to Michael Brown's shooting death? — The FBI has questioned a man who says he recorded audio of gunfire at the time Brown was shot by Ferguson police on August 9, the man's attorney told CNN.

Stop Complaining About Obama's Golfing — Everyone is better at their job when they take some time off. Even the president. — Of course, Obama is hardly the first president to vacation - President John Adams took an amazing eight months off in one year in office, and President John F …

The Monkey in the Room — As shown in the pictures below, the monkey is the second most photographed subject in H-232, aside from Speaker Boehner himself. It all started in the fall of 2011, when Speaker Boehner joked in an interview that some days he felt like a windup toy because his jam-packed scheduled kept him so busy.

Boehner Shoots Bizarre Video With Wind-Up Monkey Toy — The official government office of House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) posted to its website on Tuesday a slickly produced 40-second video centered on a wind-up toy monkey that sits in Boehner's house. — The website says that the toy monkey …

One in six French people say they support ISIS — TWEET SHARE +1 LINKEDIN EMAIL PRINT — Two polls released this week both ask a question that you would hope wouldn't need asking: how many people support the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)? Unfortunately, in all four countries surveyed …

Michael Brown's Unremarkable Humanity — The New York Times has a feature today looking at the brief life of Michael Brown, informing us that he was “no angel.” The reasons for this are many. Brown smoked marijuana. He lived in a community that “had rough patches.”

Surf's Up — Will there be a GOP wave in the Senate—or a wipeout? — So where's the wave? This is President Obama's sixth-year-itch election. The map of states with contested Senate seats could hardly be better from the Republicans' vantage point. And the breaks this year …

Lost in America — More and more I'm convinced that America right now isn't a country dealing with a mere dip in its mood and might. It's a country surrendering to a new identity and era, in which optimism is quaint and the frontier anything but endless. — There's a feeling of helplessness …

Is The Polling Industry In Stasis Or In Crisis? — There is no shortage of reasons to worry about the state of the polling industry. Response rates to political polls are dismal. Even polls that make every effort to contact a representative sample of voters now get no more than 10 percent …

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